pitching
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Definitions ofpitching
- To cover or smear with pitch.
- To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
- To throw.
Example: "He pitched the horseshoe."
- To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.
- To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
Example: "Bob pitches today."
- To throw away; discard.
Example: "He pitched the candy wrapper."
- To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.
Example: "He pitched the idea for months with no takers."
- To deliver in a certain tone or style, or with a certain audience in mind.
Example: "At which level should I pitch my presentation?"
- To assemble or erect (a tent).
Example: "Pitch the tent over there."
- To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.
- To move so that the front of an aircraft or boat goes alternatively up and down.
- To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
Example: "The only way to get on the green from here is to pitch the ball over the bunker."
- To bounce on the playing surface.
Example: "The ball pitched well short of the batsman."
- (of snow) To settle and build up, without melting.
- To alight; to settle; to come to rest from flight.
- (with on or upon) To fix one's choice.
- To plunge or fall; especially, to fall forward; to decline or slope.
Example: "The field pitches toward the east."
- (of an embankment, roadway) To set, face, or pave with rubble or undressed stones.
- (of a price, value) To set or fix.
- (of a card) To discard for some gain.
- To produce a note of a given pitch.
- To fix or set the tone of.
- The act of throwing or casting.
Example: "wild pitching in baseball"
- The rough paving of a street to a grade with blocks of stone.
- A facing of stone laid upon a bank to prevent wear by tides or currents.
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